Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Gift of the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress

RITTER, Donald Lawrence, a Representative from Pennsylvania;
born in New York City, October 21, 1940;
attended the public schools in the Bronx, N.Y.;
B.S., Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., 1961;
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1963;
and from the same school, Sc.D., 1966;
research assistant, M.I.T., 1961-1966;
scientific exchange fellow, United States National Academy of Sciences-Soviet Academy of Sciences, Baikov Institute, Moscow, U.S.S.R., 1967-1968;
assistant professor, California State Polytechnic University, and contract consultant, private industry, 1968-1969;
metallurgy professor and assistant to the vice president for research, Lehigh University, 1969-1976;
manager of research program development, Lehigh University, 1976-1978;
engineering consultant to industry;
elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1993);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress;
is a resident of Coopersburg, Pa.